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Poets laureate of US states

Many US States have state posts occupied by prominent poets and entitled Poet Laureate of .... The responsibilities are typically similar to those of the Poet Laureate.

Most holders of the these titles reach pre-eminence by public competition, and use the office responsibly to further the knowledge and enjoyment of poetry and the written word by citizens of the states in which they hold office.

Sadly, some also bring disrepute by what they do in office [1] [1] and have to be removed [1].

The following list names incumbents of state Poet Laurentships in those states that have a position so named.

       
       
State Name
Alaska Anne Hanley
Alabama Helen Norris
Arkansas Verna Lee Hinegardner
Colorado Mary Crow
California Vacant
Connecticut Marilyn Nelson
District of Columbia Delores Kendrick
Delaware Fleda Brown
Florida Edmund Skellings
Georgia David Bottoms
Idaho Jim Irons
Illinois Vacant
Iowa Marvin Bell
Kentucky Joe Survant
Louisiana Jean McGivney Boese
Maine Baron Wormser
Maryland Michael Collier
Missouri Vacant
Nebraska William Kloefkorn
New Hampshire Marie Harris
New Jersey Interregnum
New York John Ashbery
North Carolina Vacant
North Dakota Larry Woiwode
Oklahoma Carl Sennhenn
Pennsylvania Samuel Hazo
Rhode Island Tom Chandler
South Carolina Vacant
South Dakota David Allan Evans
Tennessee Maggi Vaughn
Utah Kenneth W. Brewer
Vermont Grace Paley
Virginia George Garrett
West Virginia Irene McKinney
Wisconsin Ellen Kort
Wyoming Robert Roripaugh

There is no such position in Arizona, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, or Washington. Hawaii has a state writer.

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